List of Urdu poets

This is a list of Urdu language poets, arranged by date of birth. The italic text after the poet's name is their takhallus, or nom de plume.

13th century

Poet	Image	Pen Name	Era	Work
Amir Khusro			(1253–1325)	Tuhfat-us-Sigh

15th century

Poet	Image	Pen Name	Era	Work
Meera		Mira Bai	1498

16th century

Poet	Image	Pen Name	Era	Work
Muhammad Quli Qutub Shah			(1565–1611)	Kulliyat-e-Quli Qutub Shah wrote poetry primarily in Persian, but also in Hindavi

17th century

Poet	Image	Pen Name	Era	Work
Wali Muhammad Wali		Wali Deccani	(1667–1707)
Shah Mubarak Abroo			(1683–1733)
Siraj-ud-Din Ali Khan Arzu		Arzu	(1687–1756)	Mehr-o-Mah,Guka-ri-Kayal
Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan		Jan-e-Janaan	(1699–1781)	Majmua-Urdu-Ashaar

18th century

• Mirza Muhammad Rafi, Sauda (1713–1780)
• Siraj Aurangabadi (1715–1763)
• Khwaja Mir Dard, Dard (1721–1785)
• Qayem Chandpuri, Muhammad Qyamuddin Ali Qayem (1722–1793)
• Mir Taqi Mir, Mir (1723–1810)
• Nazeer Akbarabadi, Nazeer (1740–1830)
• Qalandar Bakhsh Jurat Jurat (1748–1810)
• Mashafi Shaikh Ghulam Hamdani Mas'hafi (1750–1824)
• Insha Allah Khan 'Insha', Insha (1756–1817)
• Saadat Yaar Khan Rangin, Rangin (1757–1835)
• Bahadur Shah, Zafar (1775–1862)
• Imam Baksh Nasikh, Nasikh (1776–1838)
• Khwaja Haidar Ali Atish, Atish (1778–1846)
• Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, Zauq (1789–1854)
• Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, Ghalib (1797–1869)

19th century

• Momin Khan Momin Momin (1801–1852)
• Mirza Salaamat Ali Dabeer (Mirza Salaamat Ali) Dabeer (1803–1875)
• Mir Babar Ali Anis Anis (1803–1874)
• Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim, (1811–1845)
• Amir Meenai (1828–1900)
• Dagh Dehlvi (Nawab Mirza Khan) Daagh (1831–1905)
• Altaf Hussain Hali (Hali Panipati) Hali (1837–1914)
• Akbar Allahabadi (Syed Akbar Hussain)Akbar (1846–1921)
• Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (Maulana Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi)Raza Bareilvi (1856–1921)
• Bekhud Badayuni (Muhammad Abdul-Hayy Siddiqui) Bekhud (1857–1912)
• Shibli Nomani (Allama Shibli Nomani) (1857–1914)
• Muztar Khairabadi (1862–1927)
• Zafar Ali Khan (1873–1956)
• Syed Ghulam Bhik Nairang (1875–1952)
• Hasrat Mohani (Syed Fazlul Hussain) Hasrat (1875–1951)
• Dil Shahjahanpuri (Zameer Hasan Khan) Dil (1875–1959)
• Allama Muhammad Iqbal (Allama Iqbal) Iqbal (1877–1938)
• Fani Badayuni (Shaukat Ali Khan) Fani (1879–1941)
• Seemab Akbarabadi (Ashiq Hussain) (1882–1951)
• Brij Narayan Chakbast, (1882–1926)
• Bekhud Dehlvi (Syed Wahiduddin Ahmed) (1882–1955)
• Niaz Fatehpuri (Maulana Niyaz Muhammad Khan) (1882–1966)
• Yagana Changezi (Mirza Wajid Hussain Yaas) Yaas (1883–1956)
• Josh Malsiyani (Labhu Ram) Josh (1883–1976)
• Tilok Chand Mehroom (1887–1966)
• Qamar Jalalvi (1887–1968)
• Jigar Moradabadi (Ali Sikandar) Jigar (1890–1960)
• Raaz Chandpuri (Mohd. Sadiq) (1892–1969)
• Hakim Ahmad Shuja (1893–1969)
• Josh Malihabadi (Shabbir Hassan Khan) Josh (1894–1982)
• Muhammad Mustafa Jauhar Jauhar (1895– 1985)
• Firaq Gorakhpuri (Raghupati Sahay) Firaq (1896–1982)
• Ram Prasad Bismil (1897–1927)
• Abr Ahasani Gunnauri (Ahmed Baksh) Abr (1897–1973)
• Munavvar Lakhnavi Bisheshwar Prasad Munavvar (1897–1970)

1900

• Hafeez Jalandhari (Mohd.Hafeez) (1900–1982)
• Talib Chakwali Manohar Lal Kapur ‘Talib’ (1900–1988)
• Pandit Harichand Akhtar ('Akhtar') (1901–1958)
• Alam Muzaffarnagari(Muhammad Ishaaq) (1901–1969)
• Bismil Saeedi (1901–1977)
• Khushtar Girami(Dewan Ram Rakhamal Kalia) (1902–1988)
• Anand Narain Mulla (1901–1997)
• Zaheen Shah Taji (1902–1978)
• Syed Sajjad Zaheer (1904–1973)
• Zulfiqar Ali Bukhari (1904–1975)
• Akhtar Sheerani (Mohd.Dawood Khan) (1905–1948)
• Saghar Nizami (1905–1984)
• Abid Ali Abid (1906–1971)
• Gopal Mittal (1906–1993)
• Ratan Pandoravi (Rala Ram) Ratan (1907–1998)
• Makhdum Muhiuddin (1908–1969)
• Arsh Malsiani (Bal Mukund) (1908–1979)
• Majaz (Asrar-ul-Haq) (1909–1955)
• Abdul Hamid Adam (1909–1981)
• Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri Lisan ul Mulk(1909–1985)
• Kunwar Mohinder Singh Bedi Sahar, Sahar (1909-1998)

1910

• Noon Meem Rashid (1910–1975)
• Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Faiz (1911–1984)
• Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah (1911–1984)
• Aijaz Siddiqi (1911–1978)
• Ravish Siddiqi (Ravish) (1911–1971)
• Nushoor Wahidi (1911–1981)
• Meeraji (1912–1949)
• Shifa Gwaliori (1912–1968)
• Shamim Karhani (1913–1975)
• Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi (1913–1986)
• Dr. Rafiq Hussain (1913–1990)
• Sahir Hoshiarpuri (1913–1994)
• Ali Sardar Jafri (1913–2000)
• Raza Naqvi Wahi (1914–2002)
• Mir Gul Khan Nasir (1914–1983)
• Rais Amrohvi (1914–1988)
• Ehsan Danish (1914–1982)
• Jan Nisar Akhtar (1914–1976)
• Majeed Amjad (1914–1974)
• Sikandar Ali Wajd (1914–1983)
• Akhtar ul Iman (1915–1996)
• Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, Nadeem (1916–2006)
• Zamir Jafri, Zamir (1916–1999)
• Shakeel Badayuni (1916–1970)
• Agha Shorish Kashmiri (Agha Abdul Kareem) Shorish (1917–1975)
• Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee (1917–2005)
• Rishi Patialvi (Bam Dev Sharma) Rishi (1917–1999)
• Jagan Nath Azad (1918–2004)
• Kaifi Azmi (1918–2002)
• Naeem Hashmi (1919–1976)
• Majrooh Sultanpuri (1919–2000)
• Khumar Barabankvi, Khumar (1919–1999)
• Qateel Shifai, Qateel (1919–2001)
• Masud Husain Khan (1919–2010)
• Naeem Hashmi, (1919–1976)

1920

• Raaz Lyallpuri, Dhanpat Rai Thapar, "Raaz" (1920-2004)
• Salaam Machhalishahari, Salaam (1921–1972)
• Sahir Ludhianvi, Sahir (1921–1980)
• Krishan Mohan,Krishan Lal Krishan Mohan (1922–2004)
• Wazir Agha,(1922–2010)
• Sulaiman Areeb (1922–1970)
• Nazish Pratapgarhi, Nazish (1924–1981)
• Ada Jafri (1924–)
• Nasir Kazmi, Nasir (1925–1972)
• Bekas Akbarabadi,M.G Gupta wrote Urdu anthology, Rahat-i-Ruh (2004),(1925–2011)
• Himayat Ali Shair, Shair (1926)
• Kanwal Ziai Hardayal Singh Datta (1927–2012)
• Naresh Kumar Shad (1927–1969)
• Ibn-e-Insha, Insha (1927–1978)
• Bekal Utsahi, (1928)
• Sagar Siddiqui, (1928–1974)
• Raja Mehdi Ali Khan (1928–1966)
• Habib Jalib (1928–1993)
• Dilawar Figar (1928–1998)
• Munir Niazi (1928–2006)
• Shabnam Romani,Shabnam (1928–2009)
• Mazhar Imam (1928–2012)
• Wasif Ali Wasif (1929–1993)
• Rahi Masoom Raza (1925–1992)

1930

• Mustafa Zaidi (1930–1970)
• Harbans Bhalla (1930–1993)
• Ahmad Faraz (1931–2008)
• Jon Elia (1931–2003)
• Rajendar Nath Rehbar (1931)
• Satyapal Anand (1931)
• Syed Amin Ashraf (1931)
• Shakeb Jalali (1932–1966)
• Rajinder Manchanda Bani Bani (1932–1981)
• Syed Al-e-Ahmad (1932–1999)
• Mohsin Bhopali (1932–2007)
• Sardar Panchhi (1932)
• Muzaffar Warsi (1933–2011)
• Syed Waheed Ashraf (1933)
• Waheed Akhtar (1934–1996)
• Sudarshan Faakir (1934–2008)
• Murtaza Birlas (1934)
• Mohsin Zaidi (1935–2003)
• Anwar Masood (1935)
• Asad Jafri (1935)
• Aftab Iqbal Shamim (1936)
• Adil Mansuri (1936–2009)
• Akhlaq Mohammed Khan (Shahryar) (1936–2012)
• Gulzar (1936)
• Shahzad A. Rizvi (1937)
• Unwan Chishti Iftikharul Hasan Unwan (1937–2004)
• Nida Fazli (1938-2016)
• Najmul Hoda (1938)
• Makhmoor Saeedi (1938–2010)
• Syed Mahmood Khundmiri (1938–2011)
• Obaidullah Aleem (1939–1997)
• Allama Talib Jauhari (1939– )

1940

• Mahmood Shaam (1940)
• Kishwar Naheed (1940)
• Jazib Qureshi (1940)
• Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941)
• Ahfaz ur Rahman (1942)
• Iftikhar Arif (1943)
• Shamim Farooqui (1943–2014)
• Amjad Islam Amjad (1944)
• Ghulam Muhammad Qasir, Qasir (1944–1999)
• Bashir Badr (1945)
• Javed Akhtar (1945)
• Anwer Zahidi (1946)
• Afzal Ahmed Syed (1946)
• Shamim Hashimi (1947)
• Saleem Kausar (1947)
• Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi, Sha'oor(1948–2002)
• Muhammad Izhar ul Haq (1948)
• Tanwir Phool (1948)
• Fehmida Riaz (1948)
• Pir_Naseer-uddin-Naseer (1949–2009)

1950

• Rahat Indori (1950–)
• Zahid Abrol (1950)
• Jamal Ehsani (1951–1998)
• Ashfaq Hussain (1951–)
• Ehsan Sehgal (1951–)
• Haider Qureshi (1952–]
• Munawwar Rana (1952–)
• Parveen Shakir (1952–1994)
• Abdul Hamid (1953–)
• Kazim Jarwali (1955–)
• Noon Meem Danish (1958–)

1960

• Fareed Parbati (1961)
• Samina Raja (1961)
• Anjum Rehbar (1962)
• Khurshid Eqbal (1962)
• Zahida Hina (1962–)
• Raees Warsi (1963)
• Noshi Gilani (1964)
• Harris Khalique (1966)
• Saeed Khan (1966)
• Idris Azad (1969)

1970

• Irshad Kamil (1971)
• Farhan Akhtar (1974)
• Akhtar Raza Saleemi (1974)
• Irfan Nasirabadi(1975)
• Sarim Momin (1978)

1990

• Nazim Hussain Nazim (1998)

Hindu/Sikh poets of Urdu language

• Meera, Mira Bai (c. 1498)
• Maharaja Chandu Lal (1766 – 15 April 1845)
• Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim, (1811–1845)
• Brij Narayan Chakbast, (1882–1926)
• Tilok Chand Mehroom (1887–1966)
• Firaq Gorakhpuri (Raghupati Sahay) Firaq (1896–1982)
• Ram Prasad Bismil (1897–1927)
• Pandit Harichand Akhtar ('Akhtar') (1901–1958)
• Anand Narain Mulla (1901)
• Khushtar Girami(Dewan Ram Rakhamal Kalia) (1902–1988)
• Gopal Mittal (1906–1993)
• Ratan Pandoravi (Rala Ram) Ratan (1907–1998)
• Arsh Malsiani (Bal Mukund) (1908–1979)
• Sahir Hoshiarpuri (1913)
• Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi (1913–1986)
• Rishi Patialvi (Bam Dev Sharma) Rishi (1917–1999)
• Jagan Nath Azad (1918–2004)
• Bhupendra Nath Kaushik (July 7, 1924 – October 27, 2007)
• Krishna Kumar Sharma (1924–2001)
• Kanwal Ziai Hardayal Singh Datta (1927–2012)
• Naresh Kumar Shad (1927–1969)
• Harbans Bhalla (1930–1993)
• Satyapal Anand (1931)
• Raj Pathria (born March 30, 1933)
• Dushyant Kumar (1 September 1933 – 30 December 1975)
• Sudarshan Faakir (1934–2008)
• Mohinder Pratap Chand ( 1935)
• Jayant Parmer (born October 11, 1954)

Hindu/Sikh poets of Urdu language with undetermined dates of birth

• Sadhu Singh Hamdard
• Qamar Jalalabadi
• Kanwal Ziai

Poets with unknown dates of birth

• Saleem Kausar,
• Shahin Badar,
• Siraj Aurangabadi,
• Ziauddin Ahmad,

Contemporary poets with unknown dates of birth

• Kaif Bhopali
• Tanveer Sipra
• Sayeed Quadri
• Hanif Tarin
• Khalid Irfan
• Kashmiri Lal Zakir

See also

• List of Pakistani poets
• List of Urdu language writers